Harvard Law School’s (HLS) alumni reunion this past weekend
reconnected friends from near and far in the School’s newest
addition, the 250,000-square-foot Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen
Student Center, Clinical Wing Building on the campus’ northwest
corner. During an official dedication ceremony on Friday, donors,
alumni, HLS professors past and present, representatives from the
city of Cambridge, and members of the architectural firm Robert
A.M. Stern Architects gathered in the building’s Milstein
Conference Center. Speakers included Harvard Law School Dean Martha
Minow, Harvard President Drew Faust, and Elena Kagan, associate
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and former HLS dean. “Welcome to
the Law School’s living room, welcome to the new shape of legal
education,” said Minow, who saw the project to its completion. The
complex, created to improve the overall student experience at HLS,
includes classrooms and learning spaces of varying sizes equipped
with the latest technology, meeting spaces, a sizable lounge, and
offices for...